Deafness
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 701 Collections and/or Records:
34.3 Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, Undiagnosed, Physical illness or invalidism, January 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/33
Scope and Contents
"This man is very deaf. He used to work in Glasgow but was very soft, people took a loan of him. Dr thinks this man is very deaf which may have affected his intelligence - certainly gives the impression of low intelligence. Very dirty. [Informant] says he is mentally very very alert but very deaf and nearly blind, though he can still read. A deep thinker."
Dates:
Other: January 1946
3.64 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3
Scope and Contents
"IQ 68, very deaf in one ear, discharging ears etc. Joined the ATC. Now earning £4 a week labouring. Living conditions: not overcrowded, fairly clean."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69
Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69
Dates:
Other: June 1947
11.33 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents
"This woman has a definite want about her [male informant]. A wee bit soft, but clean. Said to be very deaf. PC thinks all the children look "hungered", all look dull. Housing: "a wee bit pigsty" - two ends, condemned, case for Sanitary Inspector. Family relationships not harmonious - quarrelling and fighting, either parent rushing off to phone the police about the other. Dr says this woman is simple but the decenter of the two. She is a farmer's daughter, had to get married. Dr thinks this...
Dates:
Other: November 1945
12.17 Male, Single, Over 65 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11
Scope and Contents
"This man is a low grade defective. Ineducable, can dress and feed himself, cannot speak properly but can make his wants known. Deaf, weeping sores."
Dates:
Other: February 1946
13.25 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness and invalidism , September 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/12
Scope and Contents
"[Doctor] says this woman is definitely a bit backward. She is hysterical and highly strung, deaf, talks, repeats herself. No P.A. Nurse confirms deafness. Mountains out of molehills."
Relatives in survey: Son 13.26
Relatives in survey: Son 13.26
Dates:
September 1946
27.45 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Schizophrenia, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1945
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/26
Scope and Contents
"This man is deaf and dumb. Mental condition much worse since goitre. Educated at Donaldson's Hospital."
Relative in survey: Father 27.46
Relative in survey: Father 27.46
Dates:
Other: July 1945
16.102 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"This boy is very dull, but [male informant] thinks it is due to deafness. Nurse thinks that the dullness was really not due to deafness at all - people thought he didn't hear when really it was only his stupidity. Very very bad speaker, very deaf, seems dull but is good at figures."
Relatives in survey: 16.103, 16.101
Relatives in survey: 16.103, 16.101
Dates:
Other: February 1947
16.103 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"This boy is very dull, also deaf? From nurse."
Relatives in survey: 16.102, 16.101
Relatives in survey: 16.102, 16.101
Dates:
Other: February 1947
28.183 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents
"This man is stone deaf, simple, works for a coal merchant. PAO confirms: Nice, grand worker, but simple. Dr confirms that he is simple, village idiot type but not so bad. LE: steady worker. [Male informant]: nice lad, plays the fiddle. Sells coal during the week. Did fairly well at school, very willing. Absent from intelligence test."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.184, mother 28.185
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.184, mother 28.185
Dates:
Other: September 1946
'Otosurgical approach to the internal acoustic meatus', February 1963
File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.193
Scope and Contents
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Otosurgical approach to the internal acoustic meatus'. The paper was a contribution to the discussion of a paper by Doctor William House, given at the Second Workshop on Reconstructive Middle Ear Surgery, Chicago in February 1963.
Dates:
February 1963